カウンターキッチン

noun

counter kitchen; open-plan kitchen with a counter

A kitchen layout where a counter separates the cooking area from the living/dining space, often allowing communication and serving. This is a wasei-eigo term; the English 'counter kitchen' is not used in the same way.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from counter kitchen

• 新しん築ちくのマンションはカウンターキッチンで、リビングを見み渡わたせる。

  The newly built apartment has a counter kitchen, so you can look out over the living room.

• カウンターキッチンだと、料りょう理りをしながら家か族ぞくと話はなせる。

  With a counter kitchen, you can talk with your family while cooking.